composer
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In his prime, Salieri was a solid songsmith, popular enough to secure a gig as court composer to Emperor Joseph II in Vienna.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
Even classical music listeners have their version in what may be the most legendary rivalry of all — the one that also-ran Italian composer Antonio Salieri supposedly nursed with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
The romantic legend was that the composer was by then so successful and wealthy that he moved to a Paris townhouse and gave sumptuous parties and musicales for the rest of his life.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Paul Bettany, left, plays court composer Antonio Salieri, who grows envious of Mozart.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
In the ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ world of eighteenth-century European nobility, the in-house composer was definitely Downstairs, even one with an international reputation as prestigious as Haydn’s.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing composer
Music - Introductory
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Academy Awards, List 3
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Music - Middle School
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